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Sir Jonathan Mark Swift (born 11 September 1964)[1] High Court judge .
Early life and education
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Swift was born in Rochford , England and educated at Southend High School for Boys . He studied at New College, Oxford and completed a BA LLM at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1988.[1]
He was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1989 and practised from 11 King's Bench Walk .[2] First Treasury Counsel from 2007 to 2014 and took silk in 2010. He served as a recorder from 2010 to 2018 and was appointed deputy High Court judge in 2016.[1]
High Court career
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On 1 October 2018, Swift was appointed a High Court judge, and assigned to the Queen's Bench Division .[3] knighthood in the same year. Since 2020, he has been judge in charge of the Administrative Court .[4] [1]
On 10 June 2022, Swift ruled, in favour of the UK Government that the deportation flights of unsuccessful asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda should be allowed to proceed as there was material public interest in doing so.[5] [6]
On 8 June 2023, Swift ruled in favour of the UK Government, and rejected the appeal of political prisoner Julian Assange 's legal team, which had filed two appeals befort the court against then UK Home Secretary Priti Patel 's decision to extradite Wikileaks founder being indicted by the United States under the Espionage Act .[7]
Personal life
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In 2008, he married barrister Helen Evans with whom he has a son and a daughter.[1]
References
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^ "Senior Judiciary" . Judiciary UK . Retrieved 17 April 2022 .
^ "Judge in Charge of the Administrative Court" . Judiciary UK . 20 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2022 .
^ "UK judge refuses injunction against Rwanda deportation flights" . Financial Times . 10 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022 .
^ "UK deportation flight to Rwanda can go ahead, high court judge rules" . the Guardian . 10 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022 .
^ "Julian Assange 'dangerously close' to US extradition after losing latest legal appeal" . the Guardian . 10 June 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022 .
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